The 18th Annual Santa Fe Spring Festival: Featuring Herb & Lavender
Celebrate Spring with our Spring Festival: Featuring Herb & Lavender, and the opening of our 2023 season! Learn about New Mexico’s rich cultural heritage through an array of fun activities and demonstrations. Experience traditional New Mexican ranch activities like sheep shearing, spinning and weaving, plus a fiber arts marketplace featuring local artisans and craftsmen, horno bread baking, crafts for children, and more!
June 3 & 4, 2023
Time: 10am to 4pm
Adult Admission: $8
Seniors (62+) , Teens (13–17), Veterans & Students (with valid ID): $6
12 and under: FREE!
PLEASE NOTE:
Seniors (62+) , Teens (13–17), Veterans & Students (with valid ID): $8
2023 Schedule of Events
SCHEDULED PERFORMANCES, DEMONSTRATIONS & ACTIVITIES:
10:15 am Saturday only
Traditional San Ysidro Mass on The Stage, followed by Procession to #46
*All are welcome.
11:00 am – 1:00 pm (near #14)
Pottery Firing Demonstration by Award-Winning Artist, Russell Sanchez of San Ildefonso Pueblo & talk by Artist, “Woody” Joseph Aguilar
11:00 am (#19)
San Ildefonso Pueblo Dancers
11:00 am, 12:00, 1:00 & 2:00 pm
Traditional Sheep Shearing
11:30 am – (near #27)
Indiana Bones Storyteller
12:00 pm – The Stage
Music by Theo Kutsko
12:00 -3:00 pm (#2)
Traditional Pueblo Feast Foods by San Ildefonso cooks & bakers
*Sample sizes
12:00 pm (Education Center), Sunday only
Apiarist, Ed Costanza of A-Bee Honey shares “Fun Facts About Bees”
12:00 – 3:00 pm (behind #18)
Cultural Craft, Tin Stamping
12:00 – 3:00
Cultural Craft, Make Your Own Raffia Wreath
12:50 pm on The Stage,
National Register of Historic Places Plaque Presentation
1:00 pm on The Stage, Saturday only
Sociedad Colonial Española Dancers
1:00 pm on The Stage, Sunday only
Entreflamenco Youth Dancers
2:00 pm on The Stage
Band?
3:00 pm (#19)
San Ildefonso Pueblo Dancers
ONGOING DEMONSTRATIONS, ACTIVITIES & EXHIBITS:
Museum Entrance Area:
Artist Plazas:
New Mexico Artisan Vendors
Food Trucks
YouthWorks Café
Fiber & Craft Kits w/New Mexico Farm & Ranch Museum
New Mexico Treats w/La Sociedad Folklórica
Golondrinas Placitas:
Colcha Embroidery (near #3)
La Capilla (#4)
Sampling of Traditional Yerba Buena Tea (#5)
Weaving Demonstrations & Activities (#11)
Baca Placita:
Baca House (#15)
Tin Shop & Tiendita (#’s 17 & 18)
Trades Row:
Hide Tanning (#21)
Carpenter (#24)
Blacksmith (#27)
Humming Desert Alpacas (behind #27)
Rio Grande Mule & Donkey Assoc. (near #27)
Truchas Mill (#30), Saturday Only
Far Side of the Property:
School House (#31)
Dye Shed (#32)
Alabados (traditional religious hymns) by Dexter Trujillo (#34)
El Molino Grande (The Big Mill) (#37)
New Mexico Historic Military Encampment (on the road to #38)
The Sierra Homestead (#’s 39-46)
Make Your Own Tortilla (#39)
2023 Vendors
Anka Jewelry Designs- Karen Aguilar
Aroma Wear Jewelry- Kathryn V. Porrello
Artful Artisan- Barbara Knupper
Bean Street Studio- Carrie Botto @beanstreetstudio
Big Brothers and Sisters
Brenda’s Botanicals LLC- Brenda Archuleta
Button Box Aprons- Deirdre Africa
Casa Lucero- Elizabeth Lucero
Creations By Gale- Gale Holland/ Tanda Moya
Cross Lynn Design- Janet Lynn CrossLynnDesigns- facebook/ Instagram
Crossed Paws Pottery- Kathy Stephenson
Dancing Dolphins Art Face Pain and Henna Art- Cindy Farslow
Desert Dog Designs- Lauren F. Ball
Desert Fig Designs- Jennifer Lamprey Etsy.com/shop/DesrtFigDesigns
Desert Goddess Jewelry- Selina Baca
Earthgift Herbal Soaps- Asaera Patricia Cote, Jason & Sarah Peters
El Cortijo Ranch- Michelle Frumin
Enchanting Soap Collections by Roberta LLC- Roberta Ester
Faux Glass Art- Penelope Faux Etsy- FauxGlassArt
For the Love of Lavender- Randy Murry Francelia’s Chandler Shop- Sandra Sosa
Francesca Margaritondo- Francesca Mararitondo
Hacienda y Arte- Mariana Valles
Half Full Designs- Brady Gotcher
Humming Desert Alpacas LLC- Rhonda Seybert
Hyer Wools-Kathleen and Kerry Mower
Jessica Spring- Jessica Spring
Jo Ella Casse Mosaics- JoElla Casse Facebook: JoElla Casse Mosaics
Kokopelli Design Studio- Corrina Hughes
Leaf & Tackle LLC Behempful- Jeremy Diaz
Le Paris Bakery- Aude masters Lineage Seeds LLC- Jared Hagood
Made by Mac- Trever Macaluso Instagram.madebymac
Magarte Pottery- Magalli Gómez
Melody Monarch Jewelry- Melody Monarch
Mia’s Botanicals- Karin Frost- Madrid
Mora Valley Spinning Mill- Tapetes De Lana Mounds of Mud- Jane Seen
Nancy Ondov- Nancy Ondov
Nature’s Emporium Cherokee Soap Co.- Michelle Lewis
NewMexicoMetalArt- AdrianaPerez
New Mexico Sabor LLC- Carla Gallegos- Ortega
Old Barrel Tea Company- Paola Huffmon
Old Norse World Cuisine- Richard Spenner
Purl And Purr- Cécile Smith Instagram/ Purl and Purr
Rio Fernando Farm- Shelly L. Loveless
Rio Grande Mule and Donkey Association- Mule and Donkey Association/ Facebook
Shirley Lynn Fine Art
Skeleton Key Gallery-Claudia Cielensky Etsy.com/shop/Skeleton Key Gallery
Storyteller Candles- Valerie Baeza
Sweetwater Herbs and Crafts- Wendy Crockett
TAYORi Bath & Body- Trish O’Riley
The Wool Shed- Victoria Collins
Threads Take Flight- Kathy Kocon
Trista Victoria Design Studio- Trista V. Vnooman
Warped Knot Textiles- Sarah Lindblad Wildcat Lavender- Rita Gugliotta
Wildcraft Design- Rachel Bartram
Food and Drink Vendors
CCR Roasting
Desert Sun Mobile Cafe
El Taco Gordo
Flamingo Steve’s Italian Ice Gourmet Döner Kebab
Hot Stuff Cafe LLC
Jen’s a taste of New Mexico Poki Tako
Power 5 BBQ
Wolf and Mermaid
YouthWorks